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Saving Your Treasures: Plastics - History

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June 23, 2005

While carbon compounds are generally thought to be produced in living things, it was discovered in the nineteenth century that carbon compounds could be synthesized in the laboratory. This discovery opened a whole new door to the discovery of new useful products such as vulcanized rubber and plastic. This segment of Saving Nebraska’s Treasures covers the history of plastics,